NASA has a “Workmanship” section of their site to “illustrate some of the reasons behind NASA’s workmanship and process requirements. The pictures contained in these pages are actual images of space flight hardware that failed during testing (primarily during vibration or thermal cycle environmental tests). The troubleshooting and repairs necessary to restore the hardware to […]
The Boston Globe turns on and tunes in to open source hardware (with MAKE mention + our Brian J!) – For years, hackers and garage hobbyists have pried the covers off their gadgets, cobbled together computers out of components, or built other electronics from scratch. But today, even people who can’t tell a resistor from […]
Jenny at ljcfyi repurposed an old heart shaped candy box into a cute picture frame. Link.
Here’s a how-to on building a low cost vehicle tracker using the Telit GM862-GPS module. The GM862-GPS is a hardware module that supports connections on local GSM networks as well as GPS signals. In addition, this device supports a Python interpreter which allows for easy interfacing to build a simple tracker. Lots of info at […]
David Friedman of Ironic San made these scientist Valentine’s day cards, they’re AWESOME! – [via] Link.
Amie of Enamor shares with us a great last minute Valentine’s Day treat, these yummy looking chocolate pretzel buttons that you can whip up in no time. Link.
This “knee dynamo” taps your normal walking movement to charge your mobile devices. The device uses the motion of your leg swinging forward at the beginning of your stride to generate power. Now you really don’t have any excuse for missing an important call because your phone was out of juice. Knee Dynamo [via]. Link
